Arizona's Morning News

Mar 11 2025 100 ep. 4 mins 4
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Start your morning off right with Arizona's Morning News. You'll be informed with the very latest on what's going on in the Valley, Arizona, nation and throughout the world. Jim Sharpe is a native Arizonan. LaDona Harvey brings decades of experience.

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President Trump addressed the nation on COVID-19 on this day

Mar 11 2025 2 mins  
On this day in 2020, President Donald Trump addressed the nation on COVID-19. In a prime time Oval Office address, President Trump announced a 30-day travel ban on foreign travel to the U.S. from most European countries as COVID-19 cases surged across the globe. Learn more in today's KTAR timeline brought to you by Beatitudes Campus. 

Sharper Point Commentary: Recent death penalty cases

Mar 11 2025 4 mins  
In today's Sharper Point Commentary, Jim Sharpe talks about the death penalty in the United States and a number of high profile executions set to take place in the coming weeks. This includes Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, who is scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years. 

Single retirees are making Arizona home

Mar 11 2025 4 mins  
A new report says the Valley is a hotspot for single retirees. According to "Asset Preservation Wealth and Tax," Phoenix is tied for eighth place among "Best Cities for Single Retirees". We are talking about what factors have been helping that rating and why this is important for our aging population. 

Steven Portnoy, ABC News National Correspondent

Mar 11 2025 6 mins  
“The CR will pass,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday, using Washington shorthand to describe the continuing resolution. Republicans are facing a critical test of their unity as a spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through September comes up for a vote. ABC News National Correspondent Steven Portnoy joi

Jim Ryan, ABC News Correspondent

Mar 11 2025 5 mins  
A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week has passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death sentence. This would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years. ABC's Jim Ryan joins the show to talk about capital punishment as an inmate in Louisiana is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas. 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on this day

Mar 10 2025 2 mins  
On this day in 1997, teenage chosen-one Buffy Summers made her TV debut in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy and her squad of fellow teens fought off the supernatural for 7 seasons, winning multiple awards including two primetime emmys. 

Sharper Point Commentary: Trump tariffs and economic whiplash

Mar 10 2025 3 mins  
In today's Sharper Point Commentary, Jim Sharpe is back after having surgery and recaps the economic news and sense of whiplash after the back and forth on tariffs. 

Steve Roberts, ABC News Political Analyst

Mar 10 2025 5 mins  
After six weeks of high-profile orders to slash government spending and raise tariffs on imported goods, President Trump is starting to encounter economic reality. ABC News Political Analyst Steve Roberts tells us Trump's mercurial policies have triggered widespread uncertainty and chilled economic activity.

Colton Krolak, KTAR Reporter

Mar 10 2025 5 mins  
More rain is expected in the forecast this week. KTAR Reporter Colton Krolak joins us to talk about how much rainfall to expect and if we will see snow up north this week as well.

Karen Travers, ABC News White House Correspondent

Mar 10 2025 5 mins  
Karen Travers with ABC News explains what is happening with the tariffs between the U.S. and Canada and how much sway American automakers have in the policy.